Very good info. I think a lot of people know noting about this. Virtually all of the indigenous peoples - when the Europeans arrived in the New World - were doing this.
But what we have forgotten is that even as late as the 16th century, this was done in Europe. The Spanish court was the first one to become settled and tied to a place, but before that, all courts moved around, staying not only at one of their own palaces or royal monasteries, but with unfortunate local counts or other petty nobility - who were expected to put on a massive feast for the entire countryside that would virtually bankrupt the hosts.
But that was actually part of the strategy.
Elizabeth I used state visits as a weapon against nobles she suspected of intrigue. They had a hard time plotting while she, and her retinue were at their home, and so long as she stayed tradition and honor demanded that they lay out kingly, umm, queenly, feasts and entertainment. By the time she left they were too busy staving off creditors to indulge in plotting.